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TootsNYC t1_j773gdr wrote

I had a golden pothos plant that I tended to under water. I noticed that it would pick one leaf to abandon; it would turn yellow and brown, and all the other leaves would stay green it was a lesson in prioritizing.

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hamandjam t1_j780h6y wrote

Did It also eventually turn into a lesson about proper watering or is the plant still subject to the whims of The Leafslayer?

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TootsNYC t1_j781oe9 wrote

Well, it turned into a lesson on whether I should own plants at all.

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not_an_mistake t1_j797fbb wrote

I’m glad plants can’t talk. They would be begging for my mercy daily

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TootsNYC t1_j7988oj wrote

I have called myself the plant torturer. I neglect them, then I water them and bring them back from the brink, then I neglect them again

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Turdplay t1_j7a7c8p wrote

Wow, you sound like my marriage counselor.

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atalossofwords t1_j7842el wrote

My Monstera did this. Funnily enough, the dying leaves also had a certain amount of pests on it. Healthy ones were clean. Turns out it was just overgrowing itself; leaves at the back were in its own shadow, not catching enough light andwere discarded. Thing was a monster.

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